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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 191- 243.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lostris ask from her father for a wedding gift?
(a) Tanus.
(b) Taita.
(c) Five thousand gold rings.
(d) One hundred feddan of prime land.

2. How does the audience accept the bloody, gaudy pageant?
(a) With horror.
(b) With wild enthusiasm.
(c) With stunned silence.
(d) With holy terror.

3. What are the ushabti that would be buried with Pharaoh when he died?
(a) Vast treasures of wealth that he accumulated in life.
(b) Carved likenesses of all his children, who are his legacy.
(c) His favorite wives and concubines.
(d) Carved dolls of various craftsmen that would accompany him to the next world.

4. Why do crowds of people wait onshore for the boats to return?
(a) They are allowed to eat hippopotamus only then, during the feast of Osiris.
(b) They want to welcome Lostris back home.
(c) They are concerned for the safety of the sailors.
(d) They cannot begin the feast of Osiris until Lostris returns.

5. Pharaoh's palace is in the southernmost part of Egypt. What reason do some people give for this?
(a) To be able to extend his borders south.
(b) To be farther away from Lord Intef.
(c) To be closer to the mouth of the Nile, a holy place.
(d) To be as far as possible from the strife in the north.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do Taita and Tanus kill six Shrikes on the road?

2. How does Lostris treat the common people in the city?

3. What does "Lostris" mean?

4. In the pageant duel with Rasfer, why does Tanus not kill Rasfer?

5. How much loyalty does Tanus inspire in his men?

(see the answer key)

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